It just can't be, can it?

This weekend we hit a HUGE milestone in our house....

Riley took her first unassisted steps.

If your mouth is hanging open right now then you look exactly like Matt and I did when we watched her do it on Friday evening. If you have a tear in your eye then you just look like me.

About two weeks ago she figured out that she could sort of manipulate her learning walker to walk a little ways. By this Thursday she was zooming it all over the house by herself as she finally figured out how to control the speed and keep up with it. Then Friday night we were up in our bedroom and she was standing up ALONE, yes that's right she can stand now unassisted for 1-2 minutes at a time. She saw me sitting nearby, giggled, and just took two little totters into my arms. We were shocked to say the least.

As the weekend has gone on she has become more and more confident and has gone from tottering towards us a few little steps to tottering towards the couch from the ottoman and to the dogs from the couch. She thinks it's hilarious and I'm sure it heightens the entertainment value for her that Matt and I just squeal and sputter everytime she does it and takes just one more step than she was before.

She was up to 4 steps tonight before bedtime so she's not fully mobile yet, but could it be another 2 weeks before we're chasing her all over this house???

Here's some video of her using her learning walker that I was really excited about and took too long to publish since now she's trying it on her own!

Riley with her learning walker